Amy Guth

We usually pick a theme for the evening, but tonight’s guest is an exception. His body of work speaks for itself. On this special edition of Saturday Night Special, Amy Guth speaks with legendary Ron OJ Parson about many of his projects, including “East Texas Hot Links” and Beyond the Stage. Find out more at RonOJParson.com, WritersTheater.org for tickets and info about East Texas Hot Links, and 3arts.org/projects to find out more about and learn how you can support his […]

Especially in the Thanksgiving season, we are all guilty of throwing around the word “gratitude.” On this edition of the Saturday Night Special, Amy Guth and her panel discuss the what, the why, and the how of gratitude. Amy is joined by: Sharon Martin – Licensed clinical social worker (sharonmartincounseling.com) Deborah Lieberman – Evolutionary psychologist and associate professor of psychology at the University of Miami Kevin Oberhausen – Life coach and therapist (kevinoberhausen.com)

Amy Guth and Rex Huppke converse on Trump’s choices for his Presidential team.  

On this episode of Saturday Night Special, Amy Guth speaks with a panel of people who are stepping up and working for change in society. We learn how we as an audience can also make change. Amy is joined by: Holy Kearl, founder of Stop Street Harrassment Anthony Moseley, artistic director of Peacebook Alison Welken, co-founder of Deedpin Jen Bosworth, author, performer, and writer of “Why Not Me…Love, Cancer and Jack White” Garrard McClendon, host of Counterpoint and director of […]

Less than a week before the election, Amy and Rex discuss the latest Hillary Clinton email pandemonium, the importance of know what you’re talking about and the possibility that after the election we all need to learn to get along.

“Disgusted by the rise of anti-Semitic tweets being hurled at journalists and others by supporters of Donald Trump, Guth and Huppke don their tinfoil hats and dig into the muck of crazy conspiracies while also exploring the woes of election fatigue.”  

Amy Guth and Rex Huppke welcome in actress Minnie Driver to talk about her new TV series “Speechless.” They discuss the importance of the series and its role in portraying the daily life of families with children who have disabilities. This series comes at a time where the political climate can be demeaning at times to those with disabilities coupled with the emergence of a recent lawsuit with Uber and issues of accessibility, which has shed more light on the true […]

From now until the presidential election — and quite possibly beyond — WGN radio host Amy Guth and Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke will sort out all that’s happening in American politics, make fun of it where appropriate and search for some form of sanity. In this week’s episode, Amy and Rex review the first presidential debate and try not to cry too much.  

The theater season in Chicago is amping up, and Amy Guth is joined by a panel of guests to talk all about storefront theater in the city. Ron OJ Parson–  co-founder and former Artistic Director of the Onyx Theatre Ensemble of Chicago, current Producing Artistic Director of the New Onyx Theatre Project and a Resident Artist at the Court Theatre. Michael Weber, Artistic Director of Porchlight Music Theatre and winner of two Jeff awards. Breahan Pautsch – director,  actor, and the […]

On this Saturday Night Special, Amy Guth and her panel discuss online culture and safety. This week’s panel is:  Andrea Weckerle, founder of Civilination Carolyn Shelby, Director of SEO at the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing The Tribune’s Rex Huppke